Blood Alcohol Concentration Testing and Reporting by the States [Traffic Tech]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Blood alcohol levels
  • Drunk driving
  • Fatalities
  • Impaired drivers
  • States
  • Statistics
  • Tables (Data)
  • Trend (Statistics)
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 811 662
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Tech
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525857
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  Accurate and complete data on blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels for drivers in fatal crashes are critical in monitoring alcohol-impaired-driving rates across the country, developing alcohol-impaired-driving programs, and evaluating their effectiveness. The States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico gather these data and report them to NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). The reporting levels vary from State to State and, in some States, from year to year. In 2008, the last year for which complete data are available, BACs were known for 75.9% of fatally injured drivers and 29.3% of surviving drivers. NHTSA has suggested that States attempt to reach 80% and 60%, respectively.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/2038/dot_2038_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 717.22 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:96dca5a5497b185f717afcbfb177895243e3b07ab2b7ffbe3ef9e2ab150a029d